Oslo-based Transborder Studios is one of nine international firms competing to transform St. Petersburg?s ?Grey Belt,? a 4,000-hectare territory of inactive industrial buildings and open spaces. The firm, which just won a competition for the development of Oslo?s new ?Agricultural District,? is proposing a green rejuvenation with four multi-performing landscapes, a productive buffer, and development hubs. 

The Grey Belt. Image © Tegmark and Transborder Studio

Oslo-based Transborder Studios is one of nine international firms competing to transform St. Petersburg?s ?Grey Belt,? a 4,000-hectare territory of inactive industrial buildings and open spaces. The firm, which just won a competition for the development of Oslo?s new ?Agricultural District,? is proposing a green rejuvenation with four multi-performing landscapes, a productive buffer, and development hubs. 
© Tegmark and Transborder Studio

Our concept consists of a landscape strategy for highly performative ecosystems, a strategy for sustainable industrial zones along the traffic corridors and a densification strategy around metro hubs building the foundation for a green future, not only the Grey Belt, but for the entire city of St Petersburg, says Oystein Ro, Transborder Studios Founder.

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Bordered by the Ekateringofka River on the west and the Neva River on the east, the su...